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A little load from a wood fairy.

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  1. Paul bunion

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    I saw one of the guys who gives me wood the other day. He said he had some small jobs line up. Guess he did them today. Came home to some Red and White Oak and a few pieces of Cherry. Every little bit counts.

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  2. papadave

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    Right where I want to be.
    Nice manageable sized load.
     
  3. Locust Post

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    That's much better than the tooth fairy.
     
  4. schlot

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    Glad you didn't find those under your pillow. :)
     
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    :woodsign: +:axe:= :fire: Get to it!
     
  6. Eric VW

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    Nice- are you going to use some towards a sample run regarding the info you posted in your "unsplit" wood drying thread?
     
  7. 1964 262 6

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    i can honestly say that has never happened here, all i ever find from the tree fairy is leaves
     
  8. Gasifier

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    Good for you P.B. And all ready to be split. Nice.
     
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    That's what I call a sweet tooth. Nice friend you got there
     
  10. Paul bunion

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    It's all split. Quick sweat-less work on a windy 20 degree day. Turned out to be a little more than half cherry. I'll see if I can barter it for beer from my friend who has a brewery/bbq place. Got the oak on pallets in single layers for now to try to get it the most sun as possible. My pulp hooks were useless on the frozen red oak, they wouldn't stick at all, but worked fine on the white oak and cherry. It's weird how that is.

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  11. yooperdave

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    Now that is nice.
    Sometimes, with a small load, I will estimate how long it will keep me warm.

    What say you? 5 days of heat or so?
     
  12. Paul bunion

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    Maybe a little less than 5 days of oak because the cherry getting converted to smoke wood and getting traded for beer. Its an easy deal. Splitting it was the first time I touched it. Now I'll drive over to the brewery, get their van, load it and bring it back and then drink their beer and get credits for a few growler fills. Less than an hour of work including driving their truck.
     
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    Nice job, beautiful pile of btu's!
     
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    And beer tasting units! BTU'S!!!!!
     
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    Now that's capitalism at its finest!
     
  16. Paul bunion

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    Definitely up trading at its best.

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    Great job barter for goods and no tax to our spend free gov.
     
  18. Backwoods Savage

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    Hum... Wood for beer. Gotta like that.
     
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    I haven't had a beer since I can't remember when, but that there looks good!
     
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  20. 1964 262 6

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    trade makes the world go 'round. the best deal possible because both sides win! bottoms up.
     
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